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AFFGHANISTAN . OFFICIAL yOTIFICATIOXS . —GEXERA 1 ENGLAND S RETREAT . "TO T . H . HADDOCK , ESQ ., SECRETARY TO THE GOTSEXME . M OF 1 SD 1 JL WITH THE GOTEBSOKGBSERAL . " Camp , near KiUa Abdoola August 19 th . " Sib , —I hare the honour to report , for the information of the Ri ? ht Hon . the GoTenjor-Geceral in Gannett that the British force at Caadahar having evacuated that city on the 7 th and Sth , I moved from my encampment near its "walls on the 10 th , pursuant to instructions , with one troop of the late Schah ' s Horse Artiliery . 7 guns drawn by bullocks , 2 -Reissalah ' a Irregular , Horse , 1 R-ixsalah ' s Poonah Horss , 25 th Bombay Native Infantry , and l 3 t , 2 nd , and o ' -ix regiments of the late Schah's Infantry , en route to Qatttah , and that I armed on the ground yesterday .
" 2 . It 'was communicated to me on the 9 th , and subsequently , that the insurgents ¦ were preparing to a ' . tack the column and conToy uader my charge in its passage , » -nri especially that they -would make efforts to intercept it ia the strong country of the Kojudr . range , at the northern extremity of which I arrived , - with little molestation , on the morning of the 16 th . " 3 . Whatever might have been the intentions of the enemy , it was ascertained by reconnoitering that the highest points of the mountain were not yet occupied by them , and I thou $ hi it right , therefore , notwithstanding that the troops hod just completed a sight march of 24 miles , to pub . forward a light column to seize the summit at once . " 4 . This operation was perfected by three battalions , and the most important ridge and all the peaks c « mmaBQing the principal passe * were gained by the troops before dark .
" 5- On the following morning the insurgents began to appear in small bodies on different hills , but the route buing fiaaked , they did little mischief , and the baggage , artillery , and immense retinue tinder protection of this camp , including 9 . 000 or 10 , 000 beaita of burden , began the ascent , covered by a rear-guard of two battalions and the cavalry ; and I was soon made aware of our good fortune in having seized the heights on the previous evening , for the numbe ' r of the enemy gradually increased ; but all their efforts to capture the baggage , or indeed to intercept us to any serious extent , were frustrated , and the passage across the Kojuci . mountains may be said to have been perfected by noon on the 13 th .
" 6 . 1 ha te had the highest reason to be gratified with the exertions of all the officers and troops on this occaaion , and it is entirely owing to their incessant efforts in duties of grtat fatigue , under a privation of water , both in climbing up the extreme points of the range to drive off the enemy whenever they appeared , and in dragging thirteen pieces of . artillery over th 9 ridge , that this service has been accomplished with , so little loss on our side of life or of convoy . " 7 . I beg to enclose a ! ist of the casualties in killed and wounded of this column which have occurred since I left for the immediate vicinity of Cwfilth » t " 8 . My last accounts of Majar-G-ne .-al JTott , were of the 13 th , three marches north of Gandahar . " 9 . His Wghntsa Prince Timoor and his family are in my camp , and every possible attention is paid to his oomfort and safety .
" 10 . The Right Hon . the Governor-General will have been informed that the Chief Saloo Khan , who had taken service with us after the affair with the enemy of the 2 Sth of April , near Hjkulzie , suddenly absconded from the military post held by us at this place , on hearing of our abandonment bf Candahar ; and it was presumed , therefore , that he was at the head of the insnrgents in the Kojuck-hills , but I am not inclined to believe that be was thus employed , and I think it more probable that be may have proceeded to join Prince Softnr Jong , who had placed himself at the bead of affairs at Candahar . " 11 . I have no information to warrant the expec t ation of any Berious opposition between this -and Qaetta , especially as the Brahoe * connexion with the Affghans seems severed for the present , and I hope to be enabled to report my arrival at Quetta to bis Lordship on the S 7 ih or 28 th instant
" 12 . Pursuant to the instructions of Government of the 19 th of March , I have assumed the political responsibility as well as military command , vacated by the casnality therein contemplated in the departure from these countries of Major-General Notfc . "lhave , fee ., " R . England , Major-General , " Commanding the Scinde Force . "
AFFAIR UNDER GENERAL POLLOCK . " 10 Majob-Gexeral Hjmlbt , Adjotast-GeseiAL , " Head-quarters , Simla , Camp Mammoo * Khail , August 25 . " Sir . —I have the honour to report for the infoimation of bis Excellency the Commaader-in-Chief , that I reached Gundamuck on the morning of the 23 rd , inst-With the following troops , via : —1 squadron , Sth Light Cavalry ; head quarters and 1 squadron of the l « th light Cavalry ; No . C , Light Field Battery ; 6 th Compaar of 8 * pp « n and Miner *; h * r Majesty's Sth Foot ; S 6 ta Native Infantry ; 60 th Native Infantry . Oa approaching Ike ground a few horsemen appeared ,-but retired as we advanced . I soon learned tLat the enemy , under the Chiefs , Hadji All and KhyroolahKhan , occupied the village » nd fort of Marunoo Khail , about two milts from Gundamuck , and I determined upon attacking them the fallowing morning .
: " I ordered up a squadron of the 3 rd Dragoons , and Captsia BreadfooVe corps of Sappers aad Miner ) from General Sale's camp , and they joined before daylight the following morning . At four o ' clock , a . m ., yesterday aorning , I mored towards the enemy with the fpjjowing troops , Tilr—let
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Biu ^ ro r . 5 : b L d . t Crralry , 1 st squaJron 10 th ditto , N . 7 - 6 LuLi Fuse B-itUvy , jvj C ^ mpi . n >' s Sappers ar . d Miners , her Majestys 9 th Foot , 2 Cth Native Infantry , 69 : h Native I . funtry , and Broadfoot's Sappers . On clearing the broken ground in front , I divided the Infantry into two columns , with a wing of her Majasty ' s 9 th Foot at the head of each , and skirmishers in front I directed Captain Broadfoot with his corps to go to the riEht . The cavalry also advanced on the right to cut off the retreat of the enemy . " Captain Abbott ' s battery accompanied tbe columns , and as we advanced occasionally opened on the enemy , who continued in position so long that we beped they would oppose us with their whole force , but they retired on our approach , and we entered the village .
"The fields in front of the village were purposely flooded to prevent our advance . The left column then went towards the fort of Mammoo Khail , and the right column proceeded to Kookhi , Khail ; the ground was impracticable for cavalry nearly the whole distance , but on one or two occasions an opportunity did offer , and the enemy suffered accordingly . Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor , with some companies of the 9 th Foot and the 26 : h Native Infantry , occupied part of the heights in front of the village of Kookhi Khail , while Captain Broadfoot and some of the 26 th Native Infantry cleared the hills to the left of Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor ' s position . As Kookhi Khail is about two miles from Mammoo Knail , and as a position there might have been attended with risk unles 3 very Btrongly sup » ported , I directed Major-General M'Caskill to retire on Mammao Koail . As I considered it of importance to hold Mdnimoo Khail , which was the enemy ' s position , I wrote for the whole camp to be brought here , and it arrived in safety yesterday afternoon .
" I left the camp standing , and selected Major Divis , of her Majesty's 9 th Foot , to command three companies cf the £ 6 ; h Native Infantry , three companies of the 60 th Native Infantry , and 50 Sowars of the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , for its pretection . The duty was one of considerable importance , as it was by no means improbable that tbe enemy would t » ke a 4 vantage of oar advance to send a party to the camp . The squadron of Dragoons having arrived just as I was starting , their horses would not have been equal to a diy " a hard work , which induced me to leave them in camp . The overthrow of this party of the enemy must , I conclude , have been very unexpected , as the whole of their camp equipage , with its carriage cattle , was captured-by Captain Broadfoot ' s corps and the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry .
" I have much gratification in reporting that the troops , bu > th European and native , of each branch and dep-. rtment , well Eupported the character of Britiah soldiers . " Where all are equally zealous in the cause , and devoted to their duty , my thanks are equally due to all ; but ! may be permitted to mention the names of corps and departments employed . Major-General M-Ciskill , £ H ., commanding the r ight column ; Brigadier TuUoca , commanding tbe left column ; Captain Abbott , commanding light field battery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor , K H ., commanding her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot ,- Major Huish , commanding the 2 Gtb Native Infa :. try ; Captain Napleton , couimamiing the GO . h Nativa Infantry ; Majur Blair , commanding the 10 th Light Cavalry ; CapV . Olwfitld , ccminmding a fquadron of the 5 : b Light Cavalry ; Capt . Tait , commanding the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry ; Capt Abbott , Field Engineer ; Lieui Bucher , commanding Sappers and Minerd , and
Superintending-Sargton Saven , and Captain Nugent , Officiating Sub-Assistant Commlssary-Gentra ! . The tfikcTS of the > taff who conveyed my orders to the different columns , and otherwise aided in the movements of the day , were Capt Haveluck , Drputy Assistant Adjutant-General ; Capt . Smith , Major of Brigade ; Capt Pon 3 onby , Assistant Arijutant-General ; Capt-M'Adain , Deputy Judge Advoca \ . t-Ge : ; er : il ; Capt . Lone , Commissary of Ordnance ; Lieat Sir R . Shakespear , Military Secretary ; Capt Codrin ^ ton , Assistant Quarter-master-General ; Lieut Mayne , Officiating Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General , who was most active throughout the day ; Lieut Tytler , Bizgagt-master ; Litut Pollock , and Cspt M'Gregi-rAidt-ae-Ciiups ; to the last mrntioned officer , I am not only indebted for services in tLe field , bnt for valuable information , and for constant exertions to obtain supplies for the force , which his local knowledge , and ptrsonal acquaintance with , the Mullicks enabled him to do .
"I havs tnis morning heard from several quarters that the two chiefs , Hadji Ali and Khyrollah Khan , have gone to Cabul , attended by about sixty men . It I had removed to camp at Gandamuck yesterday , there can be little doubt that the enemy would have reoccupied this place , and he would have announced to the Cabul authorities be had beaten us back . Kookhi Khali has been destroyed by fire ; tbe fort and village of Mammoo Khail have been also destroyed by fire , and before I quit this place the trees , to which mach value and importance are attached , will be cut down . " I have the honour to enclose a return of casualties . I regret I Bball be deprived of the services of Major Hulsh , S 6 th Native Infantry , and Captain Edmonds , Ker Majesty's 9 th Foot , for some time , though I hope not long . Lieutenant Robertson , of the 37 ih Regiment Native Infantry , doing duty with the 2 Cth Native Infantry , is slightly wounded , bnt will , I trust , seon return to his duty .
" I have the pleasure to enclese reports from Major General MCaskill , K . H ., and Captain Broadfoot . 1 have . &c " G . Pollcck ., Major-General , " Commanding in Afghanistan . '
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DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE ON A MARRIED FEMALE . Oa Saturday John Bolton , a wheelwright in the employ of Mr . Cheal , carrier to her Majesty , residing at Windsor , and Thomas Howard , a waggoner in the same employ , underwent a final examination at tbe office of Mr . Home , solicitor and elerk to the magistrates , in the town of Stainea , before Mr . G , Patterson , a Middlesex magistrate , the former charged with having forcibly lavished sv married female , named Clara Tilley , under circumstances ef great aggravation , and the latter charged with having aided and abetted in the same .
Mrs . CUra Tilley , a respectable looking young female about thirty years of age , who gave her evidence in a remarkably modest and proper manner , deposed that she was the wife of a private of the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards , which were ordered from London to Windsor on Monday last On the night of Tuesday the first instant , she engaged for tbe conveyance of herself and luggage by one of Cheat ' s waggona to Windsor , and was taken up at Knightsbridge . The waggon was then driven by a strange man , whose name she did not know , and shortly afterwards the prisoner , Bolton , got into the waggon . Oa the way to Hounslow nothing particular occurred beyond Bolton being more free in his manner towards her than she desired , At Honnslow the man who had driven the waggon from London left ,
and the prisoner Howard then drove down towards Windsor , no person being in the waggon but witness and Balton . The night waa very dark and foggy , and when tbe waggon was on Hoanslow-heath , which was about midnight , the prisoner Bolton asked witness if she was not cold . Witness replied that she waa not , as she had her husband ' s coat under her shawl . Boltou , however , then took a h « rseclotb , and threw one corner with bis right hand over her neck , and then with his left hand threw the other comer over her knees . He then commenced pinching her legs , and on her desiring him . to desist , he asked her to permit him one little liberty , adding that if she would do so , he would promise not to molest her further . Witness told him sbe would not , and
said sho loved her husband , and ahu should naverbe able to face him again if she did . The prisoner Bolton , however , notwithstanding her refusal , persisted in his t ffbrts , upon which she screamed oat to the waggoner , Howard , to come to her assistance , as his companion was ill-treating her . Howard , however , paid no attention to her entreaties , beyond saying "He won't hurt you ; " and kept driving on . The prisoner , Bolton , thea said if sbe intended to be obstinate , he would be so too ; upon which she begged and entreated of him to desist , as she was in a very delicate state of health . He , however , did not do so , but became more violent in his efforts , until Bhe became exhausted with struggling , and eventually insensible . Previous to her becoming insensible , the prisoner Bolton had succeeded in
effecting hia purpose , notwithstanding she resisted him as much as she was able . Before tbe waggon reached Colnbrook , although she was still in a very weak and exhausted stite , and not able to offer further resistance , the prisoner Bolton again threw her down , and again completed bis purpose , when sbe became so exhausted , that she thought she should have died . When the waggon arrived at Colnbrook , she heard a clock strike three , but she could see no person to whom she could apply for protection , but the prisoner Howard , who refused to help her . — The waggon stopped at some night-bouse at Colnbrook , but was nut driven to the door , but left at some distance on the road . The two prisoners , Howard and Bolton , however , weat into the house and remained there until five o'clock on Wednesday morning .
Witness remained in tha waggon , being too weak and exhausted to get out without assistance—the cradle of the waggon being put up both front and back . On Howard ' s return to the waggon she asked him for a glass of water , but he did not set it for her . Bolton , however , brought her a pint of beer , bat she refused to partake cf it . On starting from Colnbrook , tke prisoner Bolton apain got into the waggon , and soon afterwards again attempted to take liberties with her , bnt he did not carry his violence further . Soon after six o ' clock tbe waggon reached Windsor , where the t » o prisoners left her , and she left her luggage with the ostler at the house where tbe waggon stopped , and went immediately to the barracks , and informed her husband of the outrage to which she had been subject , who caused both prisoners to be apprehended on the following day .
William Gibbons , a constable of tbe Windsor local police , deposed to having apprehended both prisoners , on warrants issued by the Mayor , in consequence of an application mode by tbe complainant and her husband . When tlit > prisoner Howard was taken , he stated that he knew nothing about the outrage , but acknowledged that he certainly heard the poor woman . Bolton , subsequently to his apprehension , stated to witness that it was a bad job , and he would sooner have given £ 10 than that it should have happened , bnt he was sa drunk that he had no recollection of what had ocenrred .
Mr . Patterson said , in the whole coarse of his experience , be bad never heard a more gross and outrageous case , and committed both prisoners to Newgate for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court .
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER , AND DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . Fbidat Morning , 11 o'Click . A shocking fire broke out here lnst night at the extensive cotton mills of Messrs . Pooley , Mill-street , Ancoats , about two hours before the time at which the place usually closes for the night . The fire originated near the centre of the building called tha New Mill , which is the only portion of the premises not fire-proof , nnd such was tbe fearful rapidity with which the flames spread , that a portion of the hands had not time to escape . Hence , in addition to the destruction of property which followed the calamity , it has been attended with a fearful loss of life .
It may he necessary to mention that the fire broke out near the grand staircase , by which access was obtained to the different rooms , and this will explain the reason why the escape of some of the workpeople was cut off . The fire speedily illuminated the whole town , and the town fire engines were immediately at work , bwt a great portion of the new mill was soon a ns&ss of tmna , nnd the IL&mes bad spread along the roof of what is called tbe flre-proof mill , before its progress was arrested . Some of the hands whose escapa was cut off were seen clinging to the windows during the progress of the fire , and some attempts were made at rescue , bnt the risk was too great , and they were buried in the ruins .
Exaggerated rumouTS are abroad as to tbe loss of life , and it is said that twenty five persons are missing . At the time we write eight dead bodies have been removed from tbe rains , ; and one more ( that of a female ) is known still to be amongst the fallen wrecks of materials . Some boys employed as scavengers in the mill , are still missing , bat it is not known whether they are amongst the sufferers . The damage is rumoured to exceed £ 10 , 000 , but nothing like an aceurate estimate can yet have been formed of the real loss .
FURIHER PARTICULARS . ( Abridged / torn the Manchester Guardian ) i The . fire originated about a quarter-past six o ' clock , on the evening of Thursday last , when all the hands , aboBt five hundred in number , were at work in the mill . The flimes were first seen about that time bursting forth from the interior of a machine , called b ? aome of the hands a Willow , but by Mr . Pooley the First Blowing Machine or Scutcher . The lad who was tenting " ( attending ) tbe machine saw a suddeft flash of flame some out of it , and in a moment the whole of the cotton in and about it was in a blaz-j . A man at the other end of the room gave substantially the same account of its commencement , There was no fire , and only one light in the ; room—a covered glass-lamp—three or four yards
from the scutcher , and there were no means of com ' nmnicating flame from the one to the other . From the scutcher the cotton is conducted up a sort ef trough , termed a " creeper , " into the floor above , the blowingroom , where a quantity of loose cotton was lying ; and , owing to this . circumstance , both floors were almost simultaneously in flames . In the lower one the man who was at a distance ran with a bucket of water , and dashed it on the flaming cotton ; but as more issued from the machine , and fell in blazing fragments about the n > or , the flimes soon spread , and all the efforts of the hands speedily called to the epot , and plying backets of water , were ineffectual . The manager , Mr . Daniel Conolly , turned the Bteam into the room , and veiy judiciously knocked a plug oat ; and with a sledgehammer broke the main pipe communicating with all the five boilers , hoping by this means to throw a body of steam into the floor of No . 3 , directly above the boilerhouse ; but this names had by this tima spread in all
directions , and the alarm being given to the hands generally , the greater portion of them effected their escape by the general staircase , and some few by ropes from the windows of the third floor . Others jumped from these windows , and were caught in the arms of the bystanders below ; and one poor lad ( Robert Garvin ) , in attempting to descend by a spout from the fourth floor , fell , and his body striking across the edge of a water tab , he was so much injured that be expired shortly afterwards . The manager exerted himself in aiding some of the hands , to escape , and supposed that all bad got out ; but the eve » t proved otherwise At about eleven o ' clock the fire was got undei ; bat the engines continued to play till about one in the morniDg , and the fire brigade were withdrawn , with tbe exception of the Neptune , which was left with a company of fifteen men to play all night ; and indeed during Friday , till four o ' clock in the afternoon , when they were also withdrawn .
We believe that the lost will prove to be fully covered by tha insurances . These were tffeoted in the following amouts aad feireportlona , at the respective offices : — In the Sun , No . 1 , mill and building , £ 1 , 000 ; millwork , £ 3 »» i machinery , £ 3 , 060 ; together , £ 4 , 30 « j in the Manchester , machinery , £ 3 , 000 ; stock , £ 300 ; together , £ 3 , 300 . Total on No . 1 mill , £ 7 , 600 . On No . 3 mill , in the York and London , building , £ 3 , 000 ; In the Manchester , machinery , £ 1 , 000 . ' atock , £ i , ooo ; together , £ 2 , 000 ; in the Phoenix , machinery , £ 1 , 000 ; Royal Exchange , machineiy , £ 1 , 000 ; mill work , £ 300 ; boilers , £ 200 ; together , £ \ . b 00 . Total in No . 3 , £ 7 600 . On warehouse * in the Royal Exchange , buildiug , £ 1 , 000 ; machinery , ^ , 300 ; Btocfe , £ 100 . Total iaauxanoea , £ 17 , 009 .
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The amounts in the offices stand thus : Manchester , £ 5 300 ; Sun , £ 4 . 300 ; Royal Exchange . £ 3 , 400 : York and London , £ 3 000 ; and Pbosaix , £ l > 000 . It will be recollected that a fortnight ago the various insurance offices advanced their rates of premium on cotton mills about 9 s . per cent ; and tbe present rateB , we believe , are 26 a . including duty ) , on mills spinning lower than 40 " a ( and , we believe , in this mill the numbers span were chiefly 40 ' $ and 38 ' s ) , and on the flae mills , that is , 40 ' s and all higher numbers , 243 . percent . We most come now to the most painful and distressing part of this melancholy catastrophe . The following are such particulars as we could collect respecting the unfortunate sufferers .
Dead . —John Snape , aged fifteen years and four months , of No . 11 . Rodney-street , piecer . The body of this unfortunate youth was the first fonnd by the firemen , D-ivlea and Abrahams , lying In a sort of anteroom to the mechanics' shop , on the landing of the sixth floor ; his head in the doorway of the inner door , and his feet towards the staircase , as if he had fallen back suffocated . The body was conveyed to the Bridge Inn , near tbe mill . The topper part of the body and the legs were dreadfully burned ; indeed , quite calcined .
William Ridgeway , aged eighteen years , of Back Piercy-street , piecer , unmarried . This unfortunate youth was the second found by the firemen , Diviea and Abrahams . The body was not bo much charred as some of the others ; bat in parts of tbe face , hands , and arms , the skin was burned completely off , His face was also dreadfully bruised , as if he had fallen in attempting to escape ; bat strange to say , his shirt was not at all burned . The skin had peeled off , as if scalded ; but the general appearance of the deceased was as if he had been snffooatert .
Mary Ann M'Kei . eie . or M'Kenna , aged sixteen years and eight months , of No . 8 , Arundel street , piecer , unmarried . Hera was the third body found by the flre : men . We understand Bhe was tbe daughter of one of the borough policemen . The body was conveyed to tbe Bridge Inn . The nose and face were much burned ; the right band was quite charred ; the left arm was doubled up , as if convulsively drawn together , and much Tanrned ; the tongue protruded from the mouth , and altogether the body exhibited a frightful spectacle . Mary M'ConvUle , aged thirteen years and eleven months , of No . 3 , Willoughby ' s-court , Thompson-street , scavenger . Hers was the last of tbe four bodies found by the firemen ; it was conveyed to the Bridge Inn . The body was drawn quite double , the clothing almost wholly burned off , and the body and limbs in many parts reduced to a cinder , especially the shoulders , back , and breast ; the noae was burned off , the face frightfully disfigured , and , altogether , this body was perhaps the most horrible spectacle of the six .
Robert Girven , or G « vin , aged thirteen years and six months , of No 7 , Brockett-street , scavenger . This poor lad lost his life ia attempting to descend outride the building , by a leaden spout , near the south-west end of the building . He fell from between the third and fourth story , and fell with his left side across a water-tub plaeod under the spout . He was conveyed to the Aid wick and Ancoats Dispensary , which , he reached about a quarter before seven o ' clock . He was then alive , but expired ia about three minutes afterwards , and the body was then removed to the Navigation Ian , oa the opposite side of Great Ancoats-street He waa not at a'i burned , but was internally injured in the head and left side .
Juruea M'Mann , aged nineteen years and nine months , of 111 , Bradford-street , tenter of self-acting mulesunmarried . There are some melancholy circumstances connected with bis death . He and another man , named Martin , were ( with a boy ) the only occupants of a room containing Belf-acting mules , in the seventh story , over the warehouse ( B . ) On the alarm reaching them , Martia made his way round tbe corner ( by C ) to the staircase , followed by M'Maan ; bnt he saw M'Mann turn round to go back again , and Martin saw no more of him . He had himself some difficulty in making his way to the staircase , and M'Mann was afterwards found near the stairs by some firemen , in a
dying state ; and Martin says he believes that the poor fellow , remembering that he was leaving behind him a book oa algebra , lent him by an acqaaintauce , and which he had taken into the mill only that morning , turned back for it , and thus lost his life . He was seen last to approach a window , from which a boy descended by a rope ; but , instead of fwllowiDg him , he turned baok . The skin had come off both arms and fset , aud the neck was much swollen . The nose was both burned and bleeding . When the flrsmen found him , he moaneJ , and was conveyed to the Ancoats Dispensary , about half-past eight o'clock ; bat he was then quite dead , and the body was taken across to tbe Navigation Inn . *
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INCENDIARY FIRES . The Agricultural Districts . Tbe sigh tly appearance of tke country is assuming an aspect that must flarm all classes of the community . Incendiary fires are spreading anxiety round the country , and betoken a state of malignity oa the part of the perpetrators which excites very great apprehension for the Bafety of out-stacked and nn « thrashed corn . We know that farmers holding land on yearly tenure have little inducement to improve their land by any outlay of labour , which may , not be returned to them for years to come ; hat we trust they will see the advantage of increasing the amount of labour oa their land , in employing the poor villagers of their neighbourhood , whose condition with '
out employment must be most dangerous to the wellbeing of fociety . We recommend farmers to get leases where they oan , and the assurance of their landlords that they shall not be disturbed in the customary cultivation of their farms ; but in tha absence of these , they will find it to their interest to keep up at least , if not to increase , the amount of employment required on the land . We feel great regret that the farmers are disposed to curtail the quantity of labour required by them , and hope that landlords may make some proposition to them to meet the difficulties that must surround the occupant of the inferior , if not all , the soils of the country . — Bucks Gazette .
On the Evening of Monday , about nine o ' oloofe , a fire broke out in a hanlm ricft , near the farm buildings of Mr . Jones , Hockliffe . The Toddington engine wa 3 immediately sent for , and some tradesmen who were employed at the Westeyan chapel , Tebworth , hastened to the spot , and pulled down part of a hovel to which the flames kad communicated , and with the assistance of the engine and those assembled prevented its farther progress , a large quantity of haulm only having been consumed . It is feared that this fire also had been caused by an incendiary . —Bedford Standard . Marston— Oa Monday a fire broke out at the homestead of Mr . Dimmock , at Marrton , and in a very short time completely destroyed a barley-riok and a great portion of the homestead . We have not heard the full extent of the damage occasioned , but learn that there is no doubt it was the work of an incendiary . —Hertford Reformer .
Hertford . —Oa the evening of Wednesday , a stack in the yard of Mrs . Browniag ' s farm , at Keysoe , Brook-end , was fired by some miscreants , and in a short time the whole of the ricks and homestead were in flaHses . The Kimbolton , St . Peter ' s , Bedford , and St . Neot ' s engine arrived , and were soon playing upon the fire , bat some wretches out the piDes of the St . Neot ' s engine , and rendered it useless for some considerable time . In spite of the incpssant exertions of the fire-men and neighbours , no less than thirte « n ricks were burned , and it ia ? aid that 200 quarters of wheat alone were destroyed ; but at present it can hardly be ascertained what extent the loss and damage of property amounts to through this wicked act . —Hertford Reformer .
Bromham . —A rick of hay , belongioiner to Mr . Daniel Butler , containing about twenty-five tons , standing in a Held in the parish of Bromham , waa discovered to be on fire about seven o ' clock on Frievening last . It was wholly destroyed , and th ^ re can be no doubt froai the situation of the riok , but that the fire was the work of an incendiary . A reward off 60 rs offered ( £ 50 by Mr . Butler , aad £ 10 by the Devizes Prosecution Society ) , but we are sorry to say that it has not yet had the effect of bringing the guilty party to justice . — Wilts
paper . Bridport . —On Satarday , the" 22 ad , about six in tha evening , a barley rick on Lower Eggerdon Farm , in the pariah of A ^ kcrwell , near Bridport , tho property of Mr . T . Barker , was discovered to be on fire , and from the distance the rick stood from any dwelling , before any assistance could be rendered , the whole rick was in a blaze , and shortly after entirely consumed . The rick contained nearly fifty sacks of barley , and there is not the least doubt of its being the work of an incendiary . A hay rick Branding on the other side of the hedge , in an adjoining field , was providentially saved by the wind shifting from the direction in which it had blown the whole of the day , which carried tho fire in a contrary direction , from the hay rick . —Sherborne Journal .
On Saturday morning last , about eleven o ' clock , the farm called Nekehouse Farm , at Burghclere , occupied by Mi . J . Butt , was maliciously set fire to , and in spite of every exertion the destruction of property , eorn , and buildiDgs , amounting to £ 300 took place . It appeared that the fire was first discovered issuing from the cow-house , and it soon ignited two barns which were filled with wheat , fifty quarters of oats , and a mow of peas , all of which were destroyed . The loss will be very serious to Mr . Butt , as none of the corn was insured . Wa hope that subscriptions will be set on foot to help him out of his present difficulties- A reward of £ 20 has been offered for the discovery of the offenders . — Wiltshire Journal .
Incenbiart Fire . —On Wednesday evening last , . about seven o ' clock a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Charles Hollamby , nurseryman , Strawberry-hill , Brighton road . It first appeared in some outbuildings , a considerable distance from behind the house , and soon afterwards in a lean-to shed adjoining the dwelling-house , so that there can be no doubt of its having been the work of an incendiary . It was the more remarkable as some combustible , resembling burning tobacco or the end of a cigar , waa found in the latter place several days back , out supposed at the time to be merely accidental . The neighbours rendered every possible assistance daring this calamity , and received Mrs . Hollamby and children into their houses with whatever furniture , fco ., could be removed . The eldest daughter , who had gone to sleep at a neighbour ' s house , naturally enough , about three o ' clock next morning , looked out of a window towards the dwelling and saw smoke
and flames issuing from over a room in which one of her brothers usually Blept , bnt , as some damage had been done there in the first attack , the bedding had been removed , and her brother was sleeping soundly with two men ( who were overcome with fatigue ) in another part of the house ; the drapery and sacking of the bedstead were quite consumed , also two baskets of linen , and the remaining furniture damaged . The fire in the yard or homestall consumed a pigstye , stable , and cart-lodge , with four sets of harness , and many farming and gardening tools . Mr . Holluraby was in London at the time , Mrs . Hollamby waa at chapel , and their eldest son from home on business , but returned soon after tho first breaking out of the fire ; it was rather a fortunate circumstance that one of the horses was out on a journey , and another with some cows at grass . The pigs were got safely away with some difficulty . The property was insured , except the outbuildings where the fire was first observed . —Sussex Advertiser .
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Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 25 th ult ., a young woman named Mary May , about eighteen years of age , daughter of Joseph May , of Hensbaw-lane , committed suicide by drowning herself in the Rochdale canal near the above place . An inquest was held oa the body on Thursday , when the jury returned a verdict of found drowned . Machinery again . —Plough for Raising Potatoes . —On Tuesday last we had an opportunity of witnessing the operations of a newly-constructed plough for raising potatoes , on Hillhead farm , posspssed by George Paxton , Erq ., of Richardland . The plough is the invention of Mr . David Goudie , overseer upon the farm , the inventor likewise of the Antler plough , which has met with the decidf d
approbation of practical men ; and in both cases he has been materially aided by Mr . Andrew M'Kerrow , blacksmith , Beansburne . Kilmarnock . The implensf nt somewhat resembles the Grubber harrow , now fo much in use , and introduced to Ayrshire by Mr . Paxton , being held by two handles , by which it is very easily conducted , and drawn by two horses as in the case of the ordinary plough . It moves upon two wheels , two-and-a-half feet apart , to Buitthe breadth of tho drill , and two feet in diameter , and by which wheels it is regulated . Almost immediately behind are two paring-tins , ten inches apart , which are so constructed as to penetrate the earth to some depth , as in the case of the Grubber harrow , acting a 3 cutters on each side of the ridge , and
capable of uprooting any weeds , and at the same time loosening the soil as the plough progresses . The reiet is about four-and-a-half feet long , and ten inches in depth , placed transversely , and has the effect of keeping the earth to the off-side , preventing any of the soil from falling into the adjoining drill . Under the reist is situated the most important part of the implement . This is formed by eigbt prongs , six of them two-and-a-half feet long , somewhat apart at their extremities , but coming to a point towards the cutters already described are welded together , thus forming a sock , the whole in a horizontal position * This sock is fitted so as to go under the potatoes , raising them en masse , and the earth in which they are embedded finding its way through the prongs is thus eo far levelled . The potatoes are upturned without any chance of being injured , as is sometimes the case with the grape ; and , from the state in which
the plough leaves the drills , every facility is afforded for the gatherers' operations . The plough upon light soil will keep thirty gatherers employed , and is calculated to do its work at about one-half of the expense incurred by tha ordinary process of lifting with the grape . It leaves the soil so equable and pulverised , that , as was observed by a practical man present , the ground almost experiences the benefit of a summer fallow . By these means the potatoe crop at Hillhead has been raised in two days ; whereas , by the ordinary mode , it would have occupied nearly a week—thus allowing the succeeding crop to be sown several days earlier , a most important consideration to the farmer at this season of the year . It has yet to be sees what progress the plough can mako upon a wet or clayey soil ; but , in ordinary circumstances , it has been satisfactorily proved to be a valuable acquisition in aiding the labour of the husbandman . —KiZ marnoclc Journal .
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ISDIA , APFGHAMSTAN , AKD CHINA . Tbe despatches in anticipation of the overland mail from India to the 1 st of October reached England on Sunday nieht , by express , from Marseilles . The intelligence which they convey is highly interesting . Candshar has been relinquished by the British . Tbe progress of General Nott into the interior of Affgoanutan appears , notwithstanding the distance from Cacdabar to Cabul ( about 320 miles ) , and the accompanying dangers , to have been thus far fortunate . Hia corps " is described as possessing in beasts of burden , ic , every facility for the accomplishment of the arduous undertaking . Intelligence from Gfnt-ra . Pollock to tbe 4 th of September states t ? ; . hi 3 troops b ? . d been eminently juccessful in -eir gradual movement to Q-ondamuck , and in roui-ng some bodies of the ' . ! .-iuy .
Among the rumours , waa ene that Akhbar . Khan tad been * e z ? d by Kuxzllbasbe 3 , -who constitute a large portion ef the inhabitants of Cabul , and ¦ who , in order to Bave tbe city from destruction , were in the interest of the British alliance , and for that reason also protected tbe British prisoners . Sir R . Sale was seriously indisposed , in consequence of an inflammation of the kidneja . Taere ¦ were many coEflictfog report * Mattered abroad respecting tbe prisoners , -which subsequently preved erroneous . " It would not surpriBe me , " said one -writer , " if a mnch greater numVer \ hp * is generally supposed of the officers and soldiers said to bave been massacred in Janusry last should make their appearance on the arrival of the British tioops at Cabul . "
Sir Charles Napier left Bombay in the beginning of September for Scinde , in oider to take the command of the troops from General Eagland . Her Msjesty ' 3 SS : h Regiment had suffered severely frem cholera curing its passage to Kurractee . The corps under the orders ol General England was , after the districts around Qaetta had been placed under the jurisdictien of the young Khan of Keiat , to come through the Bolan Piss on the 26 th of September , in order to lake up iis station sear the Indus . The presence of this corps had-becorae necessary , in conseqntnee of a quarrel and a conflict which had taten place between the Ameers of Hyderabad and some of their neighbours , tuo consequence of ¦ which was calcnlatdd to be , that both patties , or at least tbe weaker one , waa likely to appeal to the British authorities for protection .
Lord Eileiiborough arrived on the 10 th of September at Simla , the proximity of which place to Lahore , aa Well as many other indications , led maay to consider the occupation of the Punjaub as probable . In the interior of India tranquillity prevails , with the exception of the mountain districts of Bunde ' . kund , whither a strong force vas about to be sent in order to put doira the disturbances efisctually by destroying the forts cf the petty chiefs . The rains -were most plentiful throughout India in the month cf September . The much talked-of -apprehensions entertained of a famine in the districts near Delhi have vanished . The army of reserve has beer . ordered to assemble on the Sutlt-j in the mouth of November , preparatory , it is said , to some dtmunstration against the Sikhs .
There have been some serious losses m Her Majesty ' s 50 th and 62 i Regiments while proceeding up the Ganges . A . boat was swamped near Cawnpore , and eighteeH i ^ en of the 50 : h were drowned . A wing of the 62 d going in boats near Bhagulpore -sv ^ s cvtit ^ keii by a storm at night , which forced the boats from their moorings , and thirty-eight men , including Lieutenants Scobell and Gason , were lost The bart Ricardo , on its voyage from London to Calcutta , Etrack on a sand-bank in the Hooghly . and heeled over , and in one minute went down . Ten persons were drowned . The Delhi Gazelle of the 21 si of September , the latest paper received at the closing of the mail from the North-west of India , states that Akhbar Khan had resolved to abandon Cibul , and to take the prisoners ta the Hindoo Koosh .
The intelligence of- the proceedings at Ghczaee or Cabul had not arrived in Bombay , en the 1 st of October . The failure of the house of Fereusson , Brothers , and Co ., at Calcutta , iras much talked of . The amount cf their liabilities in Icdi 3 was stated to be little more than £ 10 , 000 . The cholera was making great ravages amoeg the aoldiera lately arrived in Bombay froai Europe .
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prom captats j . broadfoot , sappers and minebs , commanding right column . to captaih g . poxsokby , assistant adjutant GENERAL . " Dated Camp Mammoo Khail , 25 th , Ang . " Sib—Agreeably to orders , I have tbe honour to report the proceedings of the column entrusted to me by tbe Major-General commandlDg in the action of yesterday .
"Imoved as directed , 'with the Sappers ( about 220 men ) and the 3 rd Irregular Cavalry ( 250 men ) across the ravine on the right of the force . We fonnd the enemy strongly poated in an orchard , with some enclosures and the usual field works of loose stones in then- front , were also occupied . This position flanked the approach of the main body . " Having formed an attacking party In front , I sent the rest of the Sapper * in column under Lieutenant Orr , to tva the eaemy ' s left lank , an * Captain Talk ' s hone still more to the right , and in advance to cut off their
retreat Whila we waited in this order the advance of the force , tbe enemy reinforced the orchard , an 4 moved oat to attack as . I waa therefore obliged to advance before the force arrived . The enemy ' i positions were quickly carried in succession . One party was driven towards tfae 3 rd Irregular Camirj , -who pursued , and tbe remainder fled to the Tillage of Mammoo Kb * n , 1 b which the main body of the enemy were at this moment driven by the fire of our artillery ; tht-y opened a fire upon us , ill directed , bnt so heavy that we were obliged to attack the village . They fltd when to reached it , and the Sappers punned to the
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TheMakchsster Zoological Gardens . —Another proof is about to be given of what depressed trade can effisct , iu the fact that these splendid gardens are on the eve of being finally closed . The concern ia as completely bankrupt as is that of the Bank at Mancb . eB'er , so fara 3 the loss of the . " ? nbsoribed capital b : an out the resemblance .
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" fkom major-general j <> hn m'caskill , k . h ., commasd 1 sg infantry division . to captain " poxsonbt , assistant adjutant general . " Dated Camp , Mammoo Khali , Ang . 25 " Sir , —I beg to detail to you . for the information o ! Major-General Pollock , C . B .. the operations of the eighth co . umn in the affair of yesterday , after it had become separated from that of the left , on the complete success of the combined attack on the evening ' s position in aovance of Mammoo Kb . aU . " You are aware that this force consisted of four companies of her Majesty ' s o * h Foot , and six of the 26 th Regiment Native Infantry , under the immediate command of Lieutenant Colonel Taylor , K . H ., of the former corps . The enemy had fled before our troops , and abandoned the village of Kooche Khail , but re-enforced strongly by the fugitives driven back by
Brigadier Tulloch's column , he assumed a menacing attitude , and occupied in force a range of heights and detached summits in the Soofaid Koh . The most salient « f these was & spur of the mountain within long musket range ef the tuvldings cf K-joche Kbail . From this and from other eminences of the most precipitons character , the Ooloos -were dislodged with the utmost spirit and gallantry by the details under LVeutenant-Colonel Taylor , aided in the most effective manner by a . party of Captain Broodfoofs corps of Sappers and Miners . The enemy were reinforced from time to time , and made maDy bold attacks , and kept ap a Bharp fire of Jtz ^ ils from the loftiest peaks of the mountain , but our troops , though so much pro&sed as to be c-mpelied to recede from ground -which
they had gained hi one direction , maintained an advanced position among the bills antil withdrawn by order of Msjor-General Pollock , first into the plateau in front of the village of Kootchlee Khail , vfhich they burnt down , and then back npon the present side encampment . In retiring over tbe plain between the two principal villages , the movement was covered by a squadron of the 5 th and another of the 10 th Cavalry , but the attempts of the Ooloos to annoy , were timid and feeble in the extreme , anil our troops did not sustain a single casualty from their efforts . Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor speaks in high terms ol the support ¦ which he received from Major Haish , commanding 2 C : n Regiment Native Infantry , vbo -was -wounded , ai : d afterwards from Captain Handscomb of the same corps , and from Captain Ogle commanding Her Majesty ' s 9 th
Foot , and I beg to bn permitted to bear my testimony to the merits of the Lieut .-Coloners own exertion , as well as to express my sense of the gallantry of all the troops engaged , and to acknowledge the able assistance which I received from Cantsin Havelock , Her Majesty ' s 13 th Liijbt Infantry , Deputy-Assistant Ai'jatant-General Lieutenant Mayne , 37 th Regiment Native Infantry , Officiating Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Master- General , and Lieutenant Bathune , Her Majesty ' s 9 ch Foot , my Aide-de-C 3 mp . The intrepidity also with which Capt , Broacfoot ' s Sappers and Miners aided in the attack on one of the advanced heights , deserved my marked commendation . " I have , < kc . " John M'Caskill . " Major-General Commandi-. g Infantry Division . OTrue Copy . i * ' G . PONSONBT , " Captain Assistant Adjutant-General . ( Tiue Copy . ) " B , C . SHAKE 6 PEA . K , " Military Secretary . "
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fort , but were so cxhau ^ d by the march from Fiuteabad and the previous operations , that tho enemy were able to enter and barricade the gate . Their fire was kept down by one party of the sappers , while the rest climbed on each other ' s shoulders over a halfrepaired bastion , about eight feet high , and covered with thorns . The enemy fled over the walls on tbe other side , leaving the rear gate barricaded . This , and descending from the walls , lost so much time that pursuit was nearly hopeless , as far as our exhausted men were concerned . We pressed on with the least fatigue , however , and , keeping to the hills , forced the enemy into ground . Our cavalry were approaching , and we had the satisfaction of seeing the cavalry overtake and attack them .
" Parties were directed to destroy the fort abandoned on the cavalry approaching , while with a few men I pushed on to tbe last vilinge near the hills ; there we surprised the enemy , whOBe headquarters were there , driviDg them out of the village and adjoining camp , and obtaining their tents , cattle , and ammunition , and a good quantity of provisions . The enemy ( who were evidently tbe Jeziilchees from Cabnl ) fled to tbe hills , the fire of which swept the village . " I was now directed to take a party of her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , the sapptrs being now worn out , except about Bix men , and attack tbe hills ; the first and second heights were carried at the point of tbe bayonet , and flunking parties having turned tbe shoulders of the high range , we were advancing up to it when the main fores arrived , and our further progress was stayed . My separate command now ceased , and I was soon after ordered with the sappers to head-quarters .
•• The conduct of the troops , officers , and men , European and Natives , was admirable , and it is due to the 20 . h Native Infantry to mention , that in storming the second height with a party of her Majesty ' s 9 th Fost a party of the former corps joined us , and behaved with tbe same spirit as tbe rest ' I have , ate " G . BR 0 ADF 09 T , Captain , Commanding Right Column . ( True Copy . ) "R . C . Shakespear , Military Secretary . " Rstnrn of Killed , Wounded , and Missing of Troops ander tbe personal command of Major-General Pollock , C . B ., commanding in Afghanistan , on the 2 ith Au £ a 8 t , 1842 : —
Killed—3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 , Native trooper ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Post , 2 privates ; 2 Gth Regiment Native infantry , 1 S ^ poy ; Sappers and Miners , 2 Sepoys ; Cacip Follower , 1 Sepoy ; total killed 7 . " Horses Killed and Wounded . —8 ih Irregular Cavalry , 3 killed ; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 5 wounded ; total 8 . Wounded . —3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 Europeon officer ; Her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot , ! European officer , 1 sergeant , 7 privates ; 26 th regiment of Native , 2 European i . fllcorg ; Sappers and Miners , 1 , sergeant ; native commissioned , non-commissioned , rank and file , and camp followers wounded ; Sippers and Miners , 1 officer , 1 drummer , and 1 Sepoys ; detachment of 5 th Cavalry , 1 trooper ; 3 rd Irregular Cavalry , 1 trooper ; 2 Glh Regiment Native Infantry , 4 Havildars , 4 Naicks , and 17 Sepoys ; 6 » Regiment Native Infantry , 1 Sepoy ; Headquarters and l squadron 10 th Cavalry , 1 camp follower ; No . 6 , Light Field Battalion , 1 camp follower . ' Mifsing . —Detachment 5 th Cavalry , 1 horse . " ( True Copy . ) " T . H . VIadDOCK , " Secretary to tho Gover :. nu-nt of India , with the Governor-Gjneral . "
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CHINA . The news from China comes down to the 28 th of July , and afi'ords grounds for forming hopes of an approaching termination of tbe war there . After the arrival of the reinforcements , the expedition on the 13 th of June entered the Yang-lze-Kiang , tbe most magnificent river of China , on the banks of which the Chinese had erected many strong fortifications , and garrisoned them with large bodies of their best traops . Having passed three days in making observations and in taking soundings , which were seen aud permitted by the Chinese , the fleet at daylight on the 16 th prepared for action , and on th « ¦ hips taking their stations the batteries from the skore opened , The progress and results of this coi flict have been officially published in the following terms : — " circulab .
" The gratifying duty of announcing further highly important snecesses of her Majesty's combined forces again devolves en her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China . " Aftertbe necessary delay in destroying the batteries , magazines , foundries , barracks , and other public buildings , as well as tbe ordnance , arms , and ammunition , captured at CbajMiO , the troops were re-embarked , and tho expedition finally quitted that port on the J 3 rd of May , and arrived on the 29 th off the Rugged Islands , where it remained until the 13 th of June , on which day it crossed the bar , which bad been previously surveyed and buoyed off , into the Yank-tze-Ktang river to the point where the river is joined by the Woosung .
" At this point the Chinese authorities bad erected immense lines of works to defend tho entrances of both rivers , and seem to have been so confident of their ability to repel us , that they permitted a very dose reconnaissance to be made in two of the small steamers by their Excellencies the Naval and Military Commandtr * -in-Chief , on the 14 th inst . ; and even cheered and encouraged the boats which were sent in the same night to lay down buoys to guide the ships of war to their allotted positions of attack . " At daylight on the morning of the 16 th , the eqaadron weighed anchor , and proceeded to take np thtir respective stations , which was scarcely done when the batteries opened , and the cannonade on boih sides was txtrernely heavy and unceasing for about two hours -, that of the Chinesa then began to slacken , and the seamen and marines were landed at once , under the fire from the ships , and dreve the enemy out of the batteries before the troops could be disembarked and formed for advancing .
" 253 guns ( forty-two of them brass ) were taken in the batteries , moat or them of heavy calibre , aud upwards of eleven feet long . The whole were mounted on pivot carriage of new and efficient construction , and it was likewise observed that they were fitted with bamboo sights . " The casualities in the naval arm of the expedition nmount to two killed and twenty-five wounded , but the land forces had not a man touched . It appears almost miraculous that the casualties should not have been much greater , considering how well the Chinese served their guns . The Blonde frigate had fourteen shot in her hull , the Sesostris steamer eleven , and all the ships engaged more or less . The loss on the part of the enemy is supposed to bave been about eighty killed , and a proportionate number wounded .
" On the 17 th of June some of the lighter vessels of the squadron advanced up tbe Woosun / r river , and found a battery deserted , mounting fifty five guns , of which seventeen were brass . " On the 19 ' . h two more batteries close to the city of Shang-hai opened their guns on the advanced division of the light i qnadron , but on receiving a couple of broadsides the Chinese fled , and tho batteries , which contained foTty-eight guns ( seventeen of them brass ) were in- stantiy occupied , and the troops took possession of tho city , where the public buildings were destroyed , and the extensive government granaries given to the puople .
" His Excellency the Admiral proceeded up the river Woosung with two of the small iron steamers on the 20 th instant , about fifty miles beyoad the city of Shanghai , and in this reamnoissance two additional field-works each mounting fjur heavy guns , were taken and destroyed , bringing the total of ordnance captured in these operations up to the astonishing number of 364 , of which seventy-six are of brass , and chkfly large handsome guns ; mauy of the brass guns have devices , uhowicg that they have been cast laUly . Several of them have Chinese characters , signifying , the tamer and subduer of the barbarians , ' aad one particularly large one is d'gnifled by the title of the barbarian . "
" The Chinese high officers and troops are supposed to have fled in the direction of the cities of Soocbow , Wang-chow-foo , and Nankin . The same high authorities have made another iEdirect attempt to retard active operations by an avowed wiBh to treat , and have also given a satisfactory proof of their anxiety to conciliate by the release of sixteen of her Majesty's subjects ( Europeans and natives of India ) who had betn kidnapped ; but as the overtures were not grounded on the only basis on which they can be listened to , they were met by an intimation to that effect . —God save the Queen . " Dated on board the steam-frigate Queen , in the Yang-iZi-Kiang river ( off Woosung } , the 24 th of June , 1842 . " Henry Pottinger , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary . "
Tbe name of Lieutenant Hewitt , R . M ., on board the Blonde , has bsen published as one cf the two kiiled , hia head having ; been cut off by a round shot . The results of this victory have been remaikable . The Mandarins in the two most fertile provinces of China were dreadfully alurmed lest Wang-chow-Foo and Nankin should be taken nnd sacked , and the mouth of the Great Canal seizsd . Th . y sent a flying express for a son , or some other relation of Howqua the old Heng merchant at Canton , in order to interpret between them and the BritlBh . They exhibited a wish to make terms , but whether with the object of merely gaining
time , does not appear certain . The approach of the expedition to the mouth of the Great Canal , and the dangers that threaten Nankin would , it was thought , induce the Emperor to make an equitable arrangement , bat doubts were still entertained of his being exactly informed of the truth . Tbe efforts of the Chinese authorities to make resistance have hitherto been very great A proclamation Issued by the Emperor in the beginning of Jane breathe * the most decided hostility to the " barbarians / ' bat does not brag of the valour of hia generals and soldiers . This proclamation , it ought to be remarked , ia dated prior to the attack on Shang-hai .
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A Fire broke out in the middle of Thursday , at Bear Wood , the seat of Mr . John Walter , M . P . in Berkshire . Tho neighbours in great numbers rendered assistance ; but , from the want of engines on the spot , the flimes were not subdued for some hours , and much damage was done ; the tire , however , was confined to one wing of the mansion . Fire at Whitechapel . — On Friday morning , about ten minutes before two , a fire , attended with great destruction of property , broke out on the immense range of premises belonging to Colyer and Co ., in Leman street , Whitcchapel , nearly opposite the Gar rick Theatre . The fire waa first discovered by a policeman of the H division , at which time the flames were raging ia the basement floor . An alarm
was raised , and the inhabitants residing in the actjoining tenements were aroused from their slumbers to a sense of their danger . The flames soon shot forth from every window to a considerable height , and were Been from most parts of the metropolis . Messengers were despatched to the various engine stations , and in less than twenty minutes after the outbreak about a dozen brigade engines , with those belonging to the West of England , County , and the different parishes , were on the Bpot and set to work , and , aided by a plentiful suoply of water , the firemen succeeded iu arresting the flames in about an hour , but not before damage to a considerable amount was sustained . The origin of tha fire could not be ascertained , nor yet whether the firm was insured .
Fire in Upper Thames srREET— The neighbourhood of Upper Thames-street was greatly alarmed about four o'clock on Friday afternoon , by the breaking out of a fire in those very extensive premises opposite Allballows Church and Calvert ' s brewery , the lower portion of whioh was occupied by Mr . Rumsay , wholesale druggist , and the upper part . by Messrs . Dawson and Bolt , drysalters . From the nature of the materials by which the flames were fed , the appearance was , for nearly an hour , of the most terrific description ; but , by the quick arrival of several of the engines , and a plentiful and speedy supply of water , the raging element was very shortly
mastered , though not until the whole of the building had been entirely destroyed . A report was at one time prevalent that an elderly female had fallen a prey to the flames , which , however , we are unable , to trape to any authentio source ; bat we hope , and have some reason to b » lieve , that there is no foundation in the report . At one time , Allhallows Church appeared to bo in great danger ; but this edifice has been happily preserved from the least damage . The origin of the fire is not exactly known ; but it is generally believed to have been caused b y the opening of a carboy of turpentine , upon which a spark from a candle had fallen , which immediately ignited , and spread with the most fearful rapidity .
Extensive Fire in CiiEArsiDE , and nabrov / Escape op a Family . —On Friday morning , shortly before daybreak , the family of Mr . Parkins , a tobacconist , of Gutter-lane ,, Cheapside , were thrown into the greatest alarm inconsequence of the discovery of a fire raging at the lower part of the premises . The fire was first discovered iu the shop by a City policeman , who instantly awakened Mr . Parkins , and that gentleman iortuuately succeeded in assisting his family to effect their providential escape by the roof . In a few minutes afterwards the engines from Watling-stieet , as well as those from Farriugdon-street , arrived , and water having been quickly procured , they were set to work , bnt notwithstanding the great exertions of the firemen , and the assistance
of police and neig hbours , before the flames could be subdued the entire contents of the shop stock , consisting of snuffs , segars , &c ., to a great amount , was nearly consumed . The fire is believed to have originated from an escape of gas in the shop . Destructive Fire nkar Limerick . —( From the Limerick Reporter of Friday . J—We have a «; ain to record the almost total demolition , by fmylasfc night , or rather early this morning , of tho extensive mills at O'Brien ' s-bridge , belonging to James Denuisson and Co . The fire was discovered about two o ' clock this morning , and in a short time raged with uncontrollable fury , so much so , that every effort to stem the devouring element proved unavailing . Between three and four o ' clock ,
expresses arrived in this city , when , with all the dispatch imaginable , the St . Michael's parish and West of England fire engines , followed by the Sun , were seut forward ; and , though the scene of conflagration iB nine miles from Limerick , they were on tbe spot in less than an hour . The fire was discovered in the mills by the miller , who was in the concern , it being his turn to watch tbe mills last night . The fire originated in the upper lofts by some friction of the machinery , which ignited the chaff or dust , and in leas than twenty minute * the entire mills were on fire , together with the three kilns in the rear . The powerful engino of the West of England Company , accompanied by Mr . John Fogarty and his assistants , arrived soon after five o'clock . The roofs of the mill and kilns had
previously fallen in . The engine was stationed iu the rear ef the mills , near the mill stream , and Mr . Fogarty directed hiB attention to the Bafety of a new corn store which adjoined and communicated with the mill , as also to the dwelling-house adjoining , in which he was happily successful . The mills were completely burned down previous to the arrival of the engines . We are happy to say that Messrs . Denaisson are insured for £ 4 , 400 with the North British Company , a Bum which , it ia expected , will cover his loss . The store and dwelling-bouse , which are saved , were insured with the West of England Insurance Company . To give an idea of the awful maje&ty of the flames , they were distinctly Been from Plassy , about a mile and a half outside this city . It is scarcely four years since those mills were rebuilt , having been then bwnt to the ground .
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fi THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 12, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct624/page/6/
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